Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Today i was so sad to hear that the catalan soprano Montserrat Figueras had passed away, aged 69.She was married to the violist and conductor Jordi Savall, together with whom she performed and made many great recordings, mainly with the ensemble Hespèrion XXI, which they both founded in 1974, specializing in music from medieval times to baroque.

Monday, November 07, 2011

Last saturday, on all saints' day, i transformed my little apartment into a haunted house and gave a nice, intimate little belated halloween party. Me and my two co-hostesses served the guests quesadillas, beetroot cake with blood red icing and roman punch. Sadly i never had the time, energy, funds or imagination to put together any kind of costume. But it was a fun night all the same.

On the balcony i placed a banshee, or someting, i made of some cardboard, bamboo sticks and two yards of tulle.

Welcome!

"Music for a while shall all your cares beguile, wond'ring how your pains were eas'd, and disdaining to be pleas'd, till Alecto free the Dead from their eternal band. till the Snakes drop from her Head, and the whip from out her hand"